New Scams Target Canadian Job Hunters: Trends, Tactics, and Safeguards
Job scams surged in Canada into 2025, with CAFC reporting $49M lost in 2024 and $22.7M in Q1…
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Job scams surged in Canada into 2025, with CAFC reporting $49M lost in 2024 and $22.7M in Q1…
IRCC is refusing permanent residency applications that lack verifiable salary evidence, especially where pay was in cash. Applicants…
Judge Paula Xinis faulted ICE for lacking good-faith removal planning after three failed deportation attempts to African countries…
Coalition policies chiefly expanded temporary and skilled migration pathways, contributing to a long-term rise in net overseas migration.…
Conservatives sought to limit birthright citizenship to children with a parent who is citizen, permanent resident, or protected…
Canadian authorities rejected about 160 Hong Kong-related work-permit applications (2021–2024) for false academic claims. New checks include plagiarism…
Bill C-2, tabled June 3, 2025, would create a retroactive one-year bar for asylum claims after June 24,…
Many skilled immigrants in Canada remain overqualified: 26.7% of degree-holders were overqualified in 2021 and immigrant unemployment reached…
August 2026 reforms introduce Skilled Work Experience and Trades & Technician pathways under the SMC. Key changes: reduced…
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